The 800 block of Chapel Street, just east of the Green, teems most days with pedestrians going somewhere in a hurry. Little do most of them know that, up a flight of stairs at address 817, they could be stepping …

I met with artist and instructor Kwadwo Adae at his Adae Fine Art Academy on Chapel Street during one of the hottest days of the year. The urban asphalt baked in the sun. The air was thick and languorous. Everyone …